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foreshadow: oregon coast wedding.

Joel — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 03:16:29 +0000

Couldn’t help posting one from today’s amazing wedding on the Oregon Coast!!! Congrats Brit & Matt!

out and about: oregon fly fishing.

Joel — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:18:02 +0000

In my spare time (i.e., 4:30am in the morning!) I like to get outdoors. Today I traveled with my friend, Bryan Rupp to the Wilson River for some fly fishing. It was an amazing morning, with perfectly overcast conditions, complete with Brook Trout. Here’s Bryan letting loose on the river.

Here’s yours truly (thanks for the photo, Bryan!).

hometown: newberg, oregon.

Joel — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:49:01 +0000

This is Newberg, where I currently live. It’s been typical off-and-on stormy weather today, and I love it. I grew up in Portland and have never lost a love for this weather. When it pours rain for 5 minutes, then is blue sky for 15, then storms again, it reminds me that breaks are always good. Standing on the side of the country road, watching this ebb and flow of storm and still thread its way through the valley, I pulled out my camera to capture a reminder for myself that its ok to slow down and breath throughout the week, the day, or even this very hour.

zach & crystal: oregon engagement.

Joel — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:30:18 +0000

It’s always fun when the people you photograph are simply fun to be around. Zach and Crystal meet the prototype, and not only are they fun but they know how to pick a fun location. I have to say that Domaine Margelle Vineyards near Silverton was stellar! The possibilities for shooting seemed endless, and knowing we’ll be back for the wedding means even more awesome settings! Below is an array of the various locations at the vineyard, but more importantly Zach & Crystal.

And for fun, if we get 25 comments Crystal & Zach will be getting a free 8×12 for their wall!

family time: oregon coast.

Joel — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:34:17 +0000

Wow. Has it really been this long since I’ve posted? All I can say is the amount of painting and moving we’ve been doing has had nothing to do with that…well, maybe a little bit. BUT, we just got internet at the new house and I am again up and running! So, to kick off reentering the blogisphere I’m posting a few images of a recent trip with the family to one of my favorite spots on the Oregon Coast: Twin Rocks. It was just a day trip, but it resembles all the time we’ve been spending together lately, which has been a lot of fun. Which is also hilarious because I am in NONE of these photos! Guess that’s what you get from being a photographer…

out & about: laurelhurst park.

Joel — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:53:43 +0000

We had some fun as a family today, hanging out at one of my childhood parks in Portland: Laurelhurst Park. Although the huge stainless steel slide has been replaced by a newer, “safer” play structure, I was bummed to not be able to take a photo of my own son on it, just like my dad did with my brother and I were young. We still had fun watching the ducks, eating our picnic, and hitting the sea saw. Hope everyone else was able to enjoy the brilliant weather. And for the gear-geeks out there (you know who you are!), these images were taken on a new-to-me Canon 135 f/2 L series lens – thank you Craigslist!

shades of spring: oregon seasons.

Joel — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:02:35 +0000

After living on the east coast for the past 4 years I had forgotten how early spring arrives in Oregon…

signs of spring: winter thaw.

Joel — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:04:33 +0000

I had way too much fun with Espen, playing in the late afternoon sun yesterday. The best part about it was when we both took our cameras out (he got a little digital camera for his birthday) and were photographing the flowers together. At one point he got fed up with his little camera and told me he wanted to take a photo with my camera (the Canon 1Ds Mark II), and so the last photo on this page was taken by Espen. I held the camera off the ground, he gripped it, looked through the view finder, framed the shot, and pushed the shutter button. Way to go EP! Hope you were all able to enjoy the sun while it lasted.

sunset: oregon coast.

Joel — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:04:38 +0000

The view on the way down for our weekend at the beach…

work break: mt. hood meadows.

Joel — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:34:17 +0000

Bryan Rupp and I hit the slopes last night at Meadows. Although it wasn’t the best snow we’d ever seen, it was great to take a break and enjoy the view below.